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Set in a migrant camp during the years following World War II, a period when some four thousand Polish families came to Australia, the narrative focuses on Julian. Although married to Anna and with a son, he falls in love with Nina and she with him. As they and others face the new situations and prejudices that await immigrants and as they take on aspects of Australian culture, old-country values reassert themselves. Julian is eventually forced to make a decision between love and family.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Introduction : Displaced Women : Eastern European Post-War Narratives in Australia
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Life Writing , October vol. 11 no. 4 2014; (p. 375-387)This collection of essays resulted from a workshop convened at the Centre for European Studies, Australian National University in 2013. Katarzyna Kwapisz Williams writes that the event was organised in part to counter 'the under-representation of writers of Eastern European origin amongst Australian minority writers'.
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Sophia Turkiewicz : Australianizing Poles, or 'Bloody Nuts and Bolts'
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Diasporas of Australian Cinema 2009; (p. 137-146) -
Silver City...
1990
single work
column
— Appears in: Made in Australia : An Anthology of Writing 1990; (p. 60-61)
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Sophia Turkiewicz : Australianizing Poles, or 'Bloody Nuts and Bolts'
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Diasporas of Australian Cinema 2009; (p. 137-146) -
Silver City...
1990
single work
column
— Appears in: Made in Australia : An Anthology of Writing 1990; (p. 60-61) -
Introduction : Displaced Women : Eastern European Post-War Narratives in Australia
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Life Writing , October vol. 11 no. 4 2014; (p. 375-387)This collection of essays resulted from a workshop convened at the Centre for European Studies, Australian National University in 2013. Katarzyna Kwapisz Williams writes that the event was organised in part to counter 'the under-representation of writers of Eastern European origin amongst Australian minority writers'.
Awards
- 1984 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Film
- 1984 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Screenplay — Original